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Risky Curves

Risky Curves2014

Duncan James, Friedman, Daniel, R. Mark Isaac, Shyam Sunder

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"For several decades, the orthodox economics approach to understanding choice under risk has been to assume that each individual person maximizes some sort of personal utility function defined over purchasing power. This new volume contests that even the best wisdom from the orthodox theory is inadequate, and proposes the return to a simpler sort of scientific theory of risky choice"--

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First published
2014
OL Work ID
OL21258894W

Subjects

RiskUtility theoryDecision makingBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / GeneralBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem SolvingBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / MicroeconomicsRisqueUtilité (Économie politique)Prise de décisionBUSINESS & ECONOMICSGeneralDecision-Making & Problem SolvingEconomicsMicroeconomicsIndustriesEntscheidung bei UnsicherheitEntscheidung bei Risiko

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